Wednesday, August 11, 2010

So Not an Empty Nester!



Something unexpected has happened in my little house.

Most of the family left yesterday for Oklahoma. Child #3 is going beach camping with family friends for a few days (fingers crossed for no bee incidents!).

All this means....

I am all alone in the house for FOUR WHOLE DAYS!

I cannot even remember the last time this happened.

Will I experience empty-nest syndrome?

N-O spells no!

I will clean my house. Once. I will turn off ESPN and the Disney channel and XBox.

Then, Dorothy the dog curled up at my side, I will rock gently in my favorite chair, and read JULIET, NAKED by Nick Hornby.*

I will experience quiet-uncluttered nest syndrome. :)


* I'm sure I'll do a lot more than read over the course of four days. But all will be done in peace and quiet.

9 comments:

  1. Ah...the sound of a quiet house.

    I did have a wake-up call this summer. Son went off for two-weeks of sleepaway camp, the longest he's been gone. The no-schedule, all the writing-reading-exercise time in the world, date nights with my husband--all that was great. But...by the end of the two weeks, it was getting obvious that--when he moves out in a few years--I will need to add something else to my life. I was burning out on all those hours of JUST writing and working (with the other tidbits thrown in). I'm thinking drum lessons.

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  2. Enjoy your not-so-cluttered nest!!

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  3. Becky, you are hilarious!!

    Teresa, I am doing my best. ;)

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  4. Sounds like time for yourself. Good moments.

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  5. I had an empty house for 2 weeks in June. The first week was productive but the second week was lonely. 4 days sounds perfect. Enjoy!

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  6. Wow! What a great time to read a book! Enjoy your solitude.

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  7. I am sooo happy for you. Enjoy your solitude. I'm sure as a parent of (uhh, how many kids do you have again?) that it doesn't happen very often.

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  8. I'm catching you on the tail end of your quiet little vacation--hope you truly relished it!

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  9. i'd catch up on lost ZZZZZZZzzzzzzs ;) lol

    enjoy it! :)

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